Are you confident in working with computers?

United States
February 4, 2007 2:13am CST
Do you know how to troubleshoot when it starts to work bad? Do you know what to do when you loose connection? Do you have enough knowledge about it? I am a computer savvy. I remember when I started to date my boyfriend, we used to argue about chatting, email and staying up late with computers. When I am bored, I usually get stuck using the computer. There were times when he changed the the connection settings so I won't be able to connect. Too bad, I figured it out! As much as I remember, he would do anything to get me off the computer...trying to lock it, ect... but I would end up using it again, haha!
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• India
5 Feb 07
no i am not confident i n working with computers
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• Canada
5 Feb 07
i'm pretty confident in working with computers. i've been familiar with them for about 15 years now so i know what i'm doing. i can troubleshoot it myself and whatever i don't know how to do it's so easy to figure it out. just look around on your computer and try things out.
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@akumei1269 (1749)
• India
5 Feb 07
I have been using the computer for a long time , but not yet adept with all the nuances of it . I am not able to do the trouble shooting and even using the latest facilities ffered by yahoo!, gooogle , msn etc. In fact I m content with the minimum task with the computer . One shameful thing is that I even cannot work properly with the 'forums'.
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@melody1011 (1663)
• India
5 Feb 07
Well... I am quite confident when working with computers. I just lvoe them. Before i started my current job i used to be on it thw whole time at home. But i was not conencted to the net. I used to play games, rearrange stuff etc. But now that I work full time and that too on a laptop i no longer look at it from home. No need to actually. However I cannot imagine my life without a computer.
• United States
5 Feb 07
Me too! I think I would be helpless without computer. Thanks for sharing!
@cikedo (3483)
• United States
5 Feb 07
I know how to fix most basic things with my computer but nothing really dramatic.
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• Australia
5 Feb 07
I am pretty good at trouble shooting as I used to fix the computer all the time. My lovely hubby brought me a new computer for Christmas and loaded all this software on it. I thought wow because it is a dual core its going to be super fast. However it kept getting major windows errors and reboots itself. I ended up doing a factory restore and only put the proven software on it. Now its good as gold.
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• Philippines
5 Feb 07
i'am confident, i'm always infront of my computer during work. i know basic knowledge on computers, but, i'm not really an expert or should i say as knowldgeable as IT professionals. If given the chance i would like to improve my skill in computer through short computer courses perhaps, in that way, i could proudly say that i'm a computer literate. I think the best way to learn computer is to discover it yourself. Explore your computer, the net and other things related to it, in that way you will be able to familiarize yourself on things which before was unknown to you
• United States
5 Feb 07
Thanks for responding!
@clod0327 (817)
• Philippines
5 Feb 07
Yes, I'm pretty much confident with my computer skills. I'm a computer engineering graduate so I have a good knowledge about computers - troubleshooting, installation, connection, etc. Also, there are a lot of useful sites where you can get information if ever you get lost with what you're doing. Im a computer eng'e graduate but I don't know everything. Specially with the computer filed because it's a fast changing field. And if there's something I don't know, I would still remain confident beacuse you can get a lot of answers and solutions from the internet.
• United States
5 Feb 07
Good for you! Thanks for sharing!
@geejoy (344)
• Philippines
6 Feb 07
Hmm...average..there are times that i have difficulties in handling the computer especially troubleshooting it....im good in software but not in hardware..i think so..hehe...
@smrohitsm (231)
• India
4 Feb 07
Yup am confident abt my skills. I remember, once my sister had removed the RAM to stop me from playing games. I was clueless as there was no apparent reason for the computer to not start. I understood the problem when I was explainig the hardware to one of my frens. I realised something was missing on the motherboard. After that my sister had to bring the RAM back. :D.
• United States
5 Feb 07
That's great! At least now, she'll never messed up with you regarding computers, lol. Thanks for sharing!
@shawn2008 (296)
• United States
5 Feb 07
definatly! i am in computer tech and had a very good knowledge of computers even before i started the corse. i know how to trouble shoot many problems and even know how to fix them. for instance a common problem with hard drives is that you dont have the jumpers on the back on the drive set correctly. thats pretty funny how he tried to lock you off the computer too lol maybe hees hiding something :D jk
• United States
5 Feb 07
I know! He's kinda possessive during those times...a little paranoid to, lol. Thanks for responding!
@merkava (1225)
• Philippines
4 Feb 07
I'm very confident. I'm an I.T. consultant and in my line of work I should know what I'm doing specially if the equipment costs millions. I can't afford to make a mistake that's why I frequently keep myself updated on the latest I.T. news and on my free time I troubleshoot my friend's computers for free, just to sharpen my knowledge. I'm also not afraid to ask help from other professionals.
• United States
5 Feb 07
I think being in I.T. business is very in demand. I also believed that you have to keep yourself updated to be on the right track especially that technology is growing so damn fast! Thanks for sharing!
@Boris_yo (12)
• Israel
6 Feb 07
For many people the computers may be addictive and haul them to virtual world(opposite to real world).What happens to people then is that they stop being talkative and respond less to others. Their reflexes reduce and they stop paying attention to others. This is not good. People should always pay attention and not to cross line of reality. They should balance computer and social life. I myself spend a lot time with computer and learned how to troubleshoot and fix problems. I can't say this is bad because whenever i have problem i don't need to call technician for little problems.I know a lot of people who don't know the easiest things and once i was interested to help others.Maybe this is the reason i learned so much?
@AyaMiami (95)
• United States
5 Feb 07
I'm pretty good with computers. I just wish my family didn't know that because I'm called all the time to fix their computers. I've threatened to get a t-shirt that says, "No, I will not fix your computer".
• United States
5 Feb 07
Haha! Is it free or do you charge them...lol. Thanks for sharing!
@chello63 (305)
• Philippines
5 Feb 07
its good for you if you are computer savvy.. i am also familir to the basic connection when there is a problem with my pc.. but most of the time my hubby is the one fixing it for me.. he is more familiar when it comes to troubleshooting thats why im asking him evertime my computer have a problem..
• India
6 Feb 07
I have no worry about that,because i father is a system technical engineer.So i never thought of troubleshooting.
@remo1986 (16)
• India
5 Feb 07
ya i am quite confident of working... it took a lot time for me..
@crosa125 (1483)
6 Feb 07
if you got the reboot cd,format everything and put a password for it and make him to beg you to give him.
• China
5 Feb 07
Good afternoon!Ilove computers!What aboat you?
• India
5 Feb 07
well i was working for a technical support desk for 2 years which was related to internet connection issues....so any problems with internet conenctions, email, browsing issues....do contact me :)